You sir, win the thread. 

This has already been posted -

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=65610&page=1

except that they're actualy not paying them?

Can't be that hard right?

Ms goes to devs and buys their exclusivity while devs go to Sony for it.

Neither does Microsoft...

It's nice to have a moderator (or two) who is impartial :P.

Is it just me that interprets that as "Got a crap game that won't sell? Put it on PSN and it won't cost you a penny?"

I can't help thinking this is gonna bite them in the ass.

i'm assuming the dots are a joke.

otherwise you wouldn't have posted your previous comment....right?

Because this deal says that the companies will get their money back in royalties where as the "moneyhatting accusation" is actually just buying exclusivity.

This still means that the games will have to earn their royalties.

No, it's not a joke. Nor Sony nor Microsoft offer direct money, rather support and licensing deals etc.

For example Microsoft offered Square tech support, a publishing deal and likely low license fees. No direct payment. R* received a 50 million rent free loan, no direct payment.

I'm not accusing Sony of moneyhatting, just saying that the accusations of Microsoft moneyhatting are over the top.

retail games / psn games.. in most cases.

In other words this is obviously to help indie developers and not to obtain exclusive deals with already known franchises and/or preventing big companys from releasing games on rival consoles since, again, this applies mostly to indie developers.